The Lufthansa AIRail – a perfect combination of train and flight

When you start your journey on an AIRail train, you can check in for both the train journey and your flight in advance from home. On arrival at Frankfurt Airport’s mainline station, you can check in your baggage at the nearby AIRail Terminal.

When your flight arrives at Frankfurt, your baggage is already checked through to your destination. Nevertheless, the Customs check on your baggage takes place in the AIRail Terminal. All your checked bags will be waiting for you in the exclusive AIRail baggage reclaim. You must collect them from there and proceed through Customs. You then simply take your baggage with you on to your AIRail train.

Important information

- Check-in is possible up to 15 minutes before the train departs - You will receive two boarding passes: one for your journey with Lufthansa AIRail and one for your connecting flight - Your boarding pass also serves as your ticket for the AIRail train - The coach number, seat number and platform are all shown on your boarding pass - Baggage check-in/reclaim is in the AIRail Terminal at Frankfurt Airport (located between the mainline station and Terminal 1)

Travellers with special needs

Passengers who require special assistance during the AIRail journey should indicate this when booking and have it confirmed so that assistance can be guaranteed.

On AIRail routes special conditions apply to passengers with reduced mobility:

Booking/registration As the capacity on AIRail routes is limited, please let us know if you have reduced mobility when you book and have your booking confirmed.

Reduced-mobility passengers with their own wheelchair

You will be collected from the relevant Lufthansa area (AIRail terminal Frankfurt, AIRail Centre at Cologne or Stuttgart) 30 minutes before your train is due to depart and taken to your reserved seat on the train. On arrival you will be collected directly from your train seat and taken to the Lufthansa area.

We regret that we are unable to carry passengers who require care over and above the services mentioned here, such as medical support or stretcher transport.

Check-in and boarding pass

For your journey on Lufthansa AIRail you will require a boarding pass which you can issue yourself online or via your mobile phone from 23 hours before the departure of your train.

There are also Lufthansa check-in machines available in Frankfurt and in Cologne and Stuttgart central stations for both AIRail trains and flights at which you can check in and print out your boarding pass.

Your Lufthansa boarding pass for the AIRail route replaces your train ticket, which is why it is important that you are in possession of your boarding pass at least 15 minutes before you start your journey. Should you board the train without a valid boarding pass or use a train that is not shown as an AIRail route, you may incur penalty fares from Deutsche Bahn.

For AIRail passengers booked in Lufthansa First Class or Business Class, seats are reserved in the train’s 1st class carriage.** . Economy Class passengers will have seats reserved for them in the train’s 2nd Class carriages. The carriage and seat number will be shown on your boarding pass.

Your boarding pass for the AIRail route is only valid for the train specified on the boarding pass.

Important information for passengers from Siegburg/Bonn: please issue your boarding pass online or on your mobile phone no later than 15 minutes before your booked AIRail train departs.

Baggage regulations for AIRail travel

As an AIRail passenger you are responsible for your baggage during the train journey up to the point at which you check it in at Frankfurt. Please take your baggage on to the train with you. Immediately after your train arrives at Frankfurt Airport mainline station, simply check in your baggage in the Lufthansa AIRail Terminal (detailed view). When your aircraft lands in Frankfurt, you can collect your baggage conveniently in the Lufthansa AIRail Terminal on your way to your train.

The free baggage allowance for your AIRail service corresponds to the baggage regulations for your connecting flight.

*currently available on the Cologne and Stuttgart routes. Is gradually being introduced on all routes.** On some routes a separate lounge area is reserved for First and Business Class passengers in a 2nd class coach. The full switch to seats in the 1st class area will take place in the course of this year.